The San Remo/Beresford pair are again trying to build a nest on The San Remo’s north tower.  They brought sticks, copulated and then brought plastic bags to the nest.  In the high winds, it looked as though they lost more material than they had brought in.  This pair just can’t get its act together.  They have has a serious of failed nesting attempts, including letting an egg fall in 2016.

The Upper West Side hawks, were on both the San Remo and the Beresford Apartments towers this afternoon.  There were high gusts and both spots provided some shelter from the wind.

Our Central Park West Pair, who last year lost an egg from the San Remo, are bringing twigs to the building again.  They haven’t done well at nesting over the last few years, so my expectations are limited for this pair.

While the egg dropping was a shock to me, a day later the San Remo pair was back to business as usual.  The male was seen eating a rodent in Strawberry Field, both hawks visited the nest briefly, and the pair copulated north of Bow Bridge.

Tonight, I watched an egg roll out of a nest still under construction at the San Remo’s north tower at 75th and Central Park West.  This pair was seen all winter on both the San Remo and the Beresford, and seemed to be having troubles choosing which ledge to use for their nest. For awhile they seemed to be bringing twigs to every ledge!

(The video may make it look like the female pushed the egg out of the nest.  However, I think it rolled out on its own after she first saved it from rolling out.  I suspect the ledge isn’t level to ensure that rain water runs away from the building.)

I’ll post a longer video later tonight, but wanted to share this quickly.  A pair of hawks establishing a nest on the north tower of the San Remo had a mishap tonight.  While trying to position an egg, the female accidentally let it roll off the ledge.